Definition of Occam

1. Noun. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).

Exact synonyms: Ockham, William Of Occam, William Of Ockham
Generic synonyms: Philosopher

Definition of Occam

1. a computer programming language [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Occam

Obersteiner-Redlich zone
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobis
Oblation
Oblomovian
Oblomovism
Oblomovist
Oblomovists
Oblomovitis
Obon
Obs
Observant
Observantine
Observantines
Obwalden
Occam (current term)
Occam's razor
Occidental
Occitan
Occitania
Ocean
Ocean State
Oceania
Oceanian
Oceanians
Oceanic
Oceanica
Oceanid
Oceanites
Oceanites oceanicus

Literary usage of Occam

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1920)
"But the metaphysics of Occam seemed to me too interesting to be neglected. ... Thus Occam did not merely develop the existing logic, but combined with it ..."

2. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1890)
"William Occam was born about the year, and died at Munich on the 7th of April, 1347, aged about seventy-seven. He studied at Oxford and obtained a ..."

3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"William of Occam 1270-1347 Occam, or Ockham, William of, an English monk and ... That Occam has exercised a great influence on Philosophy in the large sense ..."

4. History of the Christian Church by John Fletcher Hurst (1900)
"Dorner shows that Occam had a remarkably modern view of the relations of State ... To his credit be it said, Occam is a stanch supporter of popular rights. ..."

5. A History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time by Friedrich Ueberweg, George Sylvester Morris, Henry Boynton Smith, Noah Porter, Vincenzo Botta (1891)
"It is probable that his teaching at Paris preceded that of Occam, who about 1320 ... to bo ascribed to tho influence of Occam. Ho taught as follows : The ..."

6. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"According to William of Occam, only particulars exist and all our knowledge begins with particulars. Hence follows the importance of what he calls intuition ..."

7. A History of the Law of Nations by Thomas Alfred Walker (1899)
"... centuries Occam, Marsiglio of Padua, Dante, and other Occam, •bold spirits, defending or challenging the respective claims Padua, Dante of Emperor or ..."

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